22C here and I class this as positively sub-tropical.

Unless you've got a jacket made of some super wick-away-the-sweat material - you're stuffed in those temperatures if you're an iGent or AAAC acolyte.

Places like Houston, certainly in the oil & gas, have done away with suits, jackets and ties completely: its polo shirt time. But according to my colleagues, at one time a decade or more ago now, jackets and ties were still the norm.

The problem with not wearing a jacket, is where do you put all your stuff? Phones, wallets, keys and other gear bulging out of your chinos look ungainly and doesn't feel so safe. Easy to lose. Thankfully, in these temperate climes, this is a problem I only face a couple of days a year. Highest temperature this year was 34C for a day, then down to 32C and now hovering around 22C, by the end of this month it will be 14-17C if we're lucky.

Pretty much 17C is the ideal temperature for sleeping at night and also the temperature they try to keep airplane cabins at, although I'm sure I've experienced much cooler temperatures on long flights.

I remember being in Aberdeen once when it hit 17C.
whooaa - all the natives whipped off their shirts and girls were lying in their bikinis on lawns.  We were walking around in coats.

Although its a different heat as no-one is set up for a decent bit of heat. another day of 26C was a stinker, hardly anyone had proper air con even in big buildings, the buses had windows that didn't open and people sweated and smelt like pigs. Houses weren't orientated to minimise heat at all.

It makes the whole issue of what clothes and cloths to wear, in places like australia,  a lot different to the UK received wisdom on clothing, much of it written prior to heating in houses, workplaces and transport and for a colder wetter climate.

One of the reasons mens suits/clothing hangs better in UK is the fact that people walk around in a mild dampness that allows the cloth to stretch/settle/mould to a body over time.

One of the beaches near Aberdeen has a concrete shelter with 3 sides roof etc  - to shelter from wind and rain whilst visiting beach - hehe

Oooey - re belt around arm and jacking up - I've never seen so many very skinny, very pale white, smoking and swearing and shouting, 15 years old girls,  with exposed middles, thin tops, and track suit pants, in the freezing cold, pushing prams as I bumped into (well avoided actually) as in Aberdeen. I was reassured it was worse elsewhere!

edit: I've just realised this possibly isn't Ivy League Style For Today.

Last edited by fxh (2012-09-05 20:03:34)

That enough thigh for you Jo-Bo?

Warm and sunny today so ;

'Sebago/Filson' Docksiders (sockless),
'LVC' Bedford cords (brindle colourway),
'Gant for Fisch Outfitters' bleeding madras short sleeve button down (cornflower blue, yellow and green plaid),
'Heritage Research' Saigon tailors jacket.

George Russell 'Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved By Nature' on the iPod, and a spring in my step.

I like it woof but after doing a similar thing with some chinos I got to say the bill's don't lend themselves to the tapering, to big in the thigh compared to the width of the hem, apart from that, looks great. Before I saw the face I thought it was Patrick posting!